Swathes of southern and eastern England and Wales were placed under the rare 47-hour Met Office amber warning which will run from 1am on Monday until the end of Tuesday.

New forecasts predict the UK is set for scorching temperatures close to 40C at the end of this month because of a high pressure system over the Continent

Brits are set to bake by the end of the week as the UK Health Security Agency issues heat alerts and the Met Office predicts heatwave conditions for swathes of the country